I would be OK with turning the NG into diesel. On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > I am going to go ahead and risk responding before reading the rest of the > posts so I might be behind on this one. > > My understanding is that NG is not that easy to use on road vehicles. There > was a recent thread on a boating forum I read where a fellow talked about > trying to convert a boat to NG. > There are issues with tank size and weight etc. > Also NG tends to produce less power. > > I don't know enough about it to really go much further with this, but > generally it is easier said than don. > > Randy > > > > On 25/01/2012 9:12 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: >> >> Nothing that makes sense for the people will happen. Americans are too >> bullheaded to change. Gummit (I like that term.) is too greedy. Why use >> natural gas? The pipleliners I speak to around here(they are working in >> northern PA.) tell me there are huge reserves of oil under all of the gas. >> What they are doing now is pumping out gas and capping oil wells. They >> speculate that there is more oil under the USA than several Saudi Arabias. >> Imagine the chaos that would ensue if the public knew we have these huge >> reserves but still pay out trillions to import oil. Hush, hush is the >> rule >> for the gas workers. >> >> Mike >> On Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM, "Rich >> Thomas"<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> >> wrote: >> >>> No real need to get goosed by the gummint (we are all getting "goosed" >>> enough) -- if it makes economic sense (without artificial "sense") it >>> will >>> be done. The problem is the network of CNG stations, that would have to >>> be >>> built out. But it probably would make best sense for fleet vehicles that >>> could be refueled from a central location. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> On 1/25/12 9:21 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: >>> >>>> What I wanted to hear last night was "Look, oil is expensive but >>>> natural gas is plentiful and the price is really now and projected to >>>> stay that way. Let's take steps (as T Boone Pickens suggests) to >>>> massivlely convert trucks from diesel to the use of natural gas." >>>> Maybe we could do something similar for passenger vehicles. A little >>>> goose from the gov'r. and then the private markets will do the rest. >>>> >>>> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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